Exhibiting at the AAADA Sydney Fair in September - Please come!  View details of the event and all exhibitors on the AAADA website http://aaada.org.au  

Tickets are now available in store.

A superb 17th century oil on canvas portrait by the celebrated female English painter, Mary Beale (1633-1699).  This portrait was, at one time, believed to be a self portrait of this fascinating artist, who trained under Sir Peter Lely and was clearly influenced by his Italianate style and palette...

A very fine and very pretty Louis XVI period gilt bronze small bust of Flora (Spring) on her original grey-painted and part gilded neoclassical wooden plinth.  France circa 1785.

A wonderful large-scale marble bust of Antinous dating from the late 18th / early 19th century.  The bust has clearly been outside and was once part of a fountain; it has an incredible 'ruin' patina from 200 years of weather and water.

 Four exquisite 18th century Italian silver and gilt salon chairs in the neoclassical taste, circa 1775, upholstered in a beautiful, time-worn 19th century watermelon pink silk velvet.

Antique Decorative Art is proud to be exhibiting at The Sydney Fair this year.  The fair opens at 6pm on Thursday 25 May and runs through to 5pm on Sunday 28 May 2017.  For detailed information, please go to the website: www.thesydneyfair.com.au

Free tickets to the fair are available in store, or you can pick them up from the counter of Alimentari cafe next to the shop.  Don't hesitate to contact me if you need one posted or left at the door of the fair.

A fine oval 17th century portrait of a gentleman with long hair and in elaborate attire, including a ruffled lace shirt and embroidered silk over-garments. Attributed to the celebrated Flemish portrait painter Jacob Ferdinand Voet (1639 – 1689). Voet painted in France and Italy where he made portraits for an elite clientele. He is regarded as one of the great portrait painters of the Late Baroque. Oil on canvas, cleaned and varnished, with minor early ‘patch’ repairs. Signed or ascribed on rever...

A lovely period 18th century bust of the child Louis-Auguste de France, Duc de Berry (later Louis XVI) with incised signature C.GIR, 1773.  This delightful small bust is presented on its original marble socle.  Probably modelled loosely on the celebrated portrait of the Dauphin by Jean-Martial Fredou (1710-1795).

A superb French oval bronze bas relief portrait of Marie-Amelie de Bourbon, wife of Louis Philippe (king of France 1830-48) and the last queen of France.  Cast, hand-chased and signed with an incised signature "Caunois" 1833, this lovely image was produced soon after the restoration of the monarchy.  Francois Augustin Caunois (1787 - 1859) was a celebrated sculptor and bronze medal maker in the first half of the 19th century.  Presented in original ebonised frame.  France, 1833....

A large scale late 19th century terracotta bust of the infamous Madame Du Barry, produced by the Louvre (stamped and numbered) after the original 1773 marble by Augustin Pajou (1730 - 1809) at Versailles.  France, circa 1900.